Alright, so what does someone who has never played one of these games need to know?

Basically, I plan on getting then when I get back to the states in the next week or so, and I'm going to have about a month before I go on leave. (With just half-days of work and stuff). So I was thinking this would help kill time.(This, and MW3, BF3, Arkham City, GoW3, Portal 2, and pretty much every other game that came out last year).

But I've never played an Elder Scrolls game before.I did play (and absolutley LOVE) Fallout 3, so I'm at least familiar with this type of game.I'm really asking because I've tried to research info on it, but there's just so much going on with it, it's kind of overwhelming, and I don't know where to start.

So any info?Like, what kind of classes should I use?(I'm thinking of more of a human, soldier character that doesn't use magic).And really, just what sort of opinions and information sould someone who's really new to this game take away?

make sure that you only put perk points into skills that you'll need above others, if you're going with a warrior then i'd say there's no need to put points into destruction, but there might be a point into putting points into restoration

You don't pick a class in Skyrim, you can however pick a race that will have bonuses for different play styles. So if you want to play as a sword and shield guy you just pick up a sword and start hacking away or (with the same character) you could equip a magic and it would start leveling as you use it.

From what you said though you'd probably want to be a Redguard that uses heavy armour, one handed sword/axe/mace, and a shield for a defensive player. Or you can use two handed weapons for a more attacking character.

The thing with this game (like FalloutNV) is you can get lost easily and walk into trouble, so you got to learn when to fight and when to run like f*ck.

You shouldn't really worry about the game though, it's really to pick up and play. My brother likes the game and he hasn't even played an RPG before never mind a Fallout game.

You don't pick a class in Skyrim, you can however pick a race that will have bonuses for different play styles. So if you want to play as a sword and shield guy you just pick up a sword and start hacking away or (with the same character) you could equip a magic and it would start leveling as you use it.

From what you said though you'd probably want to be a Redguard that uses heavy armour, one handed sword/axe/mace, and a shield for a defensive player. Or you can use two handed weapons for a more attacking character.

Oh, cool. I like the sound of dual-wielding blades. That's probably what I'll try. Probably mix in archery as well.

You don't pick a class in Skyrim, you can however pick a race that will have bonuses for different play styles. So if you want to play as a sword and shield guy you just pick up a sword and start hacking away or (with the same character) you could equip a magic and it would start leveling as you use it.

From what you said though you'd probably want to be a Redguard that uses heavy armour, one handed sword/axe/mace, and a shield for a defensive player. Or you can use two handed weapons for a more attacking character.

Oh, cool. I like the sound of dual-wielding blades. That's probably what I'll try. Probably mix in archery as well.

Archery is probably my favourite skill, it's insanely powerful, especially if you combine it with the sneak skill. there's a perk in the sneak skill that gives you X3 damage on bows while sneaking. There's also a perk that grants you X15 damage on daggers, it's very useful if like me you want to play as a stealthy guy.

Is there a good balance between being more of a warrior character and a stealthy character?Because I don't think I'd want to be a stealth character 100% of the time, but I'd like to occasionally.Also, does being a warrior character affect things like lockpicking? Because I'm usually pretty OCD about checking every crate.

yes there is, if you were using sneak and dual welding dagger you'd still level up your one handed skill, which affect your damage output of swords/axes/maces so you could eqiup two sowrds and take stuff head on and still do awesome damage.

Here have a look at this guide here, it's got some good info on character builds.

You can make Iron and leather item right from the start, all you have to do is go to a blacksmith forge and have the right items to make them. To be able to make the better equipment you will need the relevant perks.

Different armours require different items to create them. Too make steel armour for example you would need:

3 Leather strips1 iron ingot1 steel ingot.

You can also upgrade all of your weapons and armours via a workbench, they usually only one ingot per upgrade(1 steel ingot for an upgraded steel sword).